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A Change in Atmosphere

Three authors whose books look at life in the late 1800s and early 1900s will discuss why and how they used setting — in a different time and place — to create the atmosphere they sought for their tale.

Kristina McMorris is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of five historical novels, including "The Edge of Lost" and her latest release, "Sold on a Monday." Her works of fiction have garnered more than two dozen awards and nominations, including the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and RWA’s Rita Award....

Tatjana Soli is author of the New York Times best-seller "The Lotus Eaters" as well as "The Forgetting Tree" and "The Last Good Paradise." Her work has been awarded the UK’s James Tait Black Prize and been a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award....

Ann Weisgarber is the author of "The Glovemaker," "The Promise" and "The Personal History of Rachel DuPree" for which she won the Stephen Turner Award for First Fiction and the Langum Prize for American Historical Fiction....